Ernie Johnston
@erniejohnston.bsky.social
Computer Networking & Wi-Fi. Ham Radio occasionally. Living Northeast of Atlanta in the metro area.
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Ernie Johnston
@erniejohnston.bsky.social
· Jun 10
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If I "retweet" this, can I then pin it to the top of my timeline? Let us investigate!
The power is ours, the voters!
The power was yours all along...
The power was ours all along...
The power was ours all along...
December 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The power is ours, the voters!
Jobs Report - "... signs of further weakening."
Today's #JOLTS report gives our first official look at the labor market in October.
Short version: Not that different from August, but some signs of further weakening. #NumbersDay
Data: www.bls.gov/news.release...
Short version: Not that different from August, but some signs of further weakening. #NumbersDay
Data: www.bls.gov/news.release...
Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary
- 2025 M10 Results
www.bls.gov
December 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Jobs Report - "... signs of further weakening."
"Donald Trump did this to us. We are hurting right now."
Farmer: Farmers are not asking for a bailout. Donald Trump did this to us. We are hurting right now. We are the collateral damage
December 9, 2025 at 4:22 AM
"Donald Trump did this to us. We are hurting right now."
"... It does not take that many of us to end authoritarianism." Do not give in or up!
Diego Luna just received a Golden Globe nomination for his role in the Star Wars show Andor.
What can Andor teach us about fighting tyranny? A lot, actually. Watch.
What can Andor teach us about fighting tyranny? A lot, actually. Watch.
December 9, 2025 at 3:53 AM
"... It does not take that many of us to end authoritarianism." Do not give in or up!
Donald Trump put billionaires and special interests in charge of the American economy.
It’s a disaster for working people.
It’s a disaster for working people.
December 8, 2025 at 11:31 PM
#DonaldTrump betrays American values! He is a #Traitor to our country. He only cares about #Billionaires like himself. Loyalty only goes one way with Donald, toward him. He does not care about you unless you can help him. Only wants our votes. Will NOT help us, just leads us on, then disappears.
Trump hates Europe’s democracies because they have universal health care, a strong social welfare system and heavy unionization.
He prefers MBS’s Saudi Arabia, where one trillionaire family runs a brutal dictatorship.
What a betrayal of American values!
He prefers MBS’s Saudi Arabia, where one trillionaire family runs a brutal dictatorship.
What a betrayal of American values!
December 8, 2025 at 11:10 PM
#DonaldTrump betrays American values! He is a #Traitor to our country. He only cares about #Billionaires like himself. Loyalty only goes one way with Donald, toward him. He does not care about you unless you can help him. Only wants our votes. Will NOT help us, just leads us on, then disappears.
You wouldn't be coat tailing on the similarity to a well known consulting company's name, would you?! ;-)
December 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
You wouldn't be coat tailing on the similarity to a well known consulting company's name, would you?! ;-)
"... the fed govt one year ago had fewer fed employees than in 1960. ... The US population from 1960 to 2025 more than doubled." ... ‘Bloated government is a republican lie."
Reminder - the fed govt one year ago had fewer fed employees than in 1960. And that includes all the USPS hires. The US population from 1960 to 2025 more than doubled.
‘Bloated government is a republican lie. It has been since 1980. They have to make you hate things or people to win. They destroy.
‘Bloated government is a republican lie. It has been since 1980. They have to make you hate things or people to win. They destroy.
December 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
"... the fed govt one year ago had fewer fed employees than in 1960. ... The US population from 1960 to 2025 more than doubled." ... ‘Bloated government is a republican lie."
So true!
December 5, 2025 at 4:19 AM
So true!
"... the males of MAGA are manspreading their own insecurity." I like that explanation!
When Trump calls female reporters “piggy,” “ugly” and “stupid,” it doesn't reflect badly on the women. It's just more evidence that the males of MAGA are manspreading their own insecurity.
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The males of MAGA manspread their insecurity
Trump & Co. bring down the country to lift their fragile egos
www.stopthepresses.news
December 2, 2025 at 2:54 AM
"... the males of MAGA are manspreading their own insecurity." I like that explanation!
Actually, I have nothing to add here, but you might consider reading the whole thread.
One extremely underappreciated aspect of today’s affordability crisis is that its roots lie not in recent price spikes but in the long-term suppression of workers’ pay. 5/
December 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Actually, I have nothing to add here, but you might consider reading the whole thread.
#Democrats, listen to Mr. Reich, right?!
If Democrats want to regain working people, they must disavow Big Money.
They must hammer economic populism — and have a laser focus on the cost of living crisis in America.
There’s no way the party can speak for or represent the working class in America if it's beholden to corporate interests.
They must hammer economic populism — and have a laser focus on the cost of living crisis in America.
There’s no way the party can speak for or represent the working class in America if it's beholden to corporate interests.
December 1, 2025 at 3:42 AM
#Democrats, listen to Mr. Reich, right?!
How we treat lowest of the low is how we treat Jesus!
“And (Jesus) tells you who his fake followers are—the ones who are openly religious but indifferent to the poor, the sick, the marginalized, the immigrants, and the incarcerated, the lowest of the low. How we treat them is how we treat him.”
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Separa...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Separa...
December 1, 2025 at 2:41 AM
How we treat lowest of the low is how we treat Jesus!
#DonaldTrump is thoroughly #CORRUPT!
A lawsuit previously alleged that David Gentile—just pardoned by Trump— was an associate of Russian organized crime figure and oligarch Michael Cherney.
A business news outlet found that Cherney’s daughters benefited from some of Gentile’s earliest dealings.
A business news outlet found that Cherney’s daughters benefited from some of Gentile’s earliest dealings.
November 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
#DonaldTrump is thoroughly #CORRUPT!
" ... a Stephen Miller Special."
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 30, 2025 at 4:48 AM
" ... a Stephen Miller Special."
"... big corporations and billionaires have ... siphoned off most of the economy's gains."
Why do so many feel like they've fallen behind?
It's not because of immigrants, trans people, DEI, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP.
It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.
It's not because of immigrants, trans people, DEI, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP.
It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.
November 29, 2025 at 1:09 AM
"... big corporations and billionaires have ... siphoned off most of the economy's gains."
#DonaldTrump, #SouthKorea thinks is a good idea to be able to refuse UNLAWFUL orders as written in the US #Constitution, so they are changing their laws.
South Korea intends to abolish provisions obligating soldiers and civil servants to follow superiors’ commands even when they may be improper or unlawful.
S. Korea pushes for soldiers, civil servants to have right to refuse unlawful orders
The South Korean government is moving to remove long-standing obedience requirements for civil servants and soldiers, on the heels of former President Yoon Suk
www.koreaherald.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:05 AM
#DonaldTrump, #SouthKorea thinks is a good idea to be able to refuse UNLAWFUL orders as written in the US #Constitution, so they are changing their laws.
Whoopee! "... lawmakers working to challenge Trump's sell out of Ukraine."
Important - bi-partisan group of lawmakers working to challenge Trump's sell out of Ukraine.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
House members move to force Russia sanctions vote as Trump pushes peace deal
Members of the Ukraine Caucus are backing the discharge petition.
www.politico.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Whoopee! "... lawmakers working to challenge Trump's sell out of Ukraine."
Refuse #ILLEGAL orders ONLY!
Six Democrats just urged U.S. service members to refuse any illegal orders from Trump. 🇺🇸
Mark Kelly
Elissa Slotkin
Jason Crow
Chrissy Houlahan
Maggie Goodlander
Chris Deluzio
✋ Raise your hand if you stand with them — and the Constitution — against Trump!
Mark Kelly
Elissa Slotkin
Jason Crow
Chrissy Houlahan
Maggie Goodlander
Chris Deluzio
✋ Raise your hand if you stand with them — and the Constitution — against Trump!
November 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Refuse #ILLEGAL orders ONLY!
"It’s Time for Business Leaders to Stand Up!"
America's business leaders need to stand up - NOW! - for democracy and liberty, Daniel Kinderman writes at DCReport:
www.dcreport.org/2025/11/18/b...
www.dcreport.org/2025/11/18/b...
Appeasement is Risky and Dangerous – It’s Time for Business Leaders to Stand Up!
As the Trump administration pressures businesses for loyalty, executives face rising risks. Here’s why business leaders must act now to defend democracy and the rule of law.
www.dcreport.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"It’s Time for Business Leaders to Stand Up!"
"We will stall them [DHS], we will defeat them, and we will hold them all accountable for this coup"
There are so many more of us than there are of them.
They may have a masked army, but we have whistles, car-horns, rapid response networks, know your rights trainings, legal aid, and raw people power.
We will stall them, we will defeat them, and we will hold them all accountable for this coup.
They may have a masked army, but we have whistles, car-horns, rapid response networks, know your rights trainings, legal aid, and raw people power.
We will stall them, we will defeat them, and we will hold them all accountable for this coup.
November 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
"We will stall them [DHS], we will defeat them, and we will hold them all accountable for this coup"
These insurance company CEO's pay packages are #INSANE! Elect #Democrats to reign in this abuse.
A reminder: as your premiums go up, the Insurance companies are making record profits and paying themselves bonuses: consumerfed.org/press_releas...
November 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
These insurance company CEO's pay packages are #INSANE! Elect #Democrats to reign in this abuse.
Mailing your Congress(wo)man & Senators a copy of your #HealthCare Premium Increase is a #GreatIdea! Flood them with the damage THEY have caused!
Let’s all photocopy the statement of the premium increase and mail to our Congresspeople. Show them the real impact. Include a list of the things you won’t or can’t buy to pay for the increase. Flood their mailboxes with the impact on real human voters
November 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Mailing your Congress(wo)man & Senators a copy of your #HealthCare Premium Increase is a #GreatIdea! Flood them with the damage THEY have caused!
This action is a #DonaldTrump #con game. Yes, he will no longer oppose letting Congress vote on releasing the files BECAUSE he has ordered the DoJ to investigate Democrats. DoJ will cite the Biden administration not releasing the files as Republicans were being checked & thus KEEP THEM CLOSED! LIARS
"House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide…" - President Trump tonight on Truth Social truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTr...
Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
As I said on Friday night aboard Air Force One to the Fake News Media, House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide, and it’s time to move on from this Democrat Hoax perpetrated by Radical Left Lunatics in order to deflect from the Great Success of the Republican Party, including our recent Victory on the Democrat “Shutdown.” The Department of Justice has already turned over tens of thousands of pages to the Public on “Epstein,” are looking at various Democrat operatives (Bill Clinton, Reid Hoffman, Larry Summers, etc.) and their relationship to Epstein, and the House Oversight Committee can have whatever they are legally entitled to, I DON’T CARE! All I do care about is that Republicans get BACK ON POINT, which is the Economy, “Affordability” (where we are winning BIG!), our Victory on reducing Inflation from the highest level in History to practically nothing, bringing down prices for the American People, delivering Historic Tax Cuts, gaining Trillions of Dollars of Investment into America (A RECORD!), the rebuilding of our Military, securing our Border, deporting Criminal Illegal Aliens, ending Men in Women’s Sports, stopping Transgender for Everyone, and so much more! Nobody cared about Jeffrey Epstein when he was alive and, if the Democrats had anything, they would have released it before our Landslide Election Victory. Some “members” of the Republican Party are being “used,” and we can’t let that happen. Let’s start talking about the Republican Party’s Record Setting Achievements, and not fall into the Epstein “TRAP,” which is actually a curse on the Democrats, not us. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
truthsocial.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This action is a #DonaldTrump #con game. Yes, he will no longer oppose letting Congress vote on releasing the files BECAUSE he has ordered the DoJ to investigate Democrats. DoJ will cite the Biden administration not releasing the files as Republicans were being checked & thus KEEP THEM CLOSED! LIARS
"... enacting popular policies that help working people ... is the path forward."
Across the country, voters support many of Zohran Mamdani's ideas, including:
-Increasing taxes on the rich
-Universal childcare
-Freezing rent
-Raising the minimum wage
Everything Democrats do must focus on enacting popular policies that help working people.
That is the path forward.
-Increasing taxes on the rich
-Universal childcare
-Freezing rent
-Raising the minimum wage
Everything Democrats do must focus on enacting popular policies that help working people.
That is the path forward.
November 14, 2025 at 6:12 AM
"... enacting popular policies that help working people ... is the path forward."